Sunshine and Chocolate
NiaArt, not art, and life, all in one little blog.
Chris Hadfield’s photographs of Earth from space – in pictures
guardian.co.ukDuring his five months in space onboard the International Space Station, Commander Chris Hadfield has gained more than 790,000 followers on Twitter thanks to his regular posts
These are so beautiful
Scrimshaw: A Lost Art of Boredom
Dolphin skull covered in scrimshaw of ships, foliage, a butterfly, and flags, from 1750-1850. (all…
Delivering a dinosaur to the Boston Museum of Science - Arthur Pollock - 1984
It kills me that I didn’t get to witness this.
Julie Mecoli’s “Dark Matter” is a series of artworks inspired by the University of Queensland Pitch Drop Experiment (if you want to seriously geek out about this, our story on the experiment is right here).
Mecoli’s pieces are made of bitumen. They start out looking like solids and slooooowly reveal their true liquid nature. Check out some of her other work here.
The use of photographs of faces as proof of identity dates back to the earliest years of the medium, and the photographic identification badge was a well established practice by the 1880’s. This sampling from the mid-20th century demonstrates the ubiquity of this kind of “useful photograph” while also presenting a series of Disfarmer-like portraits, the very mundanity of which moves us today. The Eastman House Photograph collection derives much of its strength and value from its diversity, and our consequent ability to contextualize any photograph in the shifting areas of art and vernacular.
(via visualandcritical)
